Call Me by Your Name

One of the books What Belongs to You reminded me of, and this is high praise indeed, was André Aciman's first novel, Call Me by Your Name, also a slim, elegant, explicit novel about a short-lived affair between two men that lives, as such things sometimes do, far longer than the few months of its flourishing. I've always said it's the best book I've ever read on desire, about wanting someone, having them, and not having them, but now it has a rival (see above). —Tom